CVE-2015-8962 | BDVDB-2026-79293 Detail

Description#

Double free vulnerability in the sg_common_write function in drivers/scsi/sg.c in the Linux kernel before 4.4 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and system crash) by detaching a device during an SG_IO ioctl call.

Impact#

No impact statement in the source data.

Weaknesses#

No weakness recorded in the source data.

References#

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=f3951a3709ff50990bf3e188c27d346792103432
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.html
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f3951a3709ff50990bf3e188c27d346792103432
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94187

Exploit#

No public exploit known

History#

Version 12016-11-16Record published in the CVE List.
Version 22024-08-06Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.